PSG spoils but is reassured in Reims

Paris-Saint-Germain chained a third consecutive success, Sunday, September 27, in Reims (2-0). An evening marked by the return of the “Fantastic Four” and the double of the Argentinian Mauro Icardi, scorer for the first time in seven months.

Three more points, and a consolidated place in the first half of the ranking: PSG, now seventh after the 5^e day one point off the podium, continues to catch up game after game the delay resulting from its two inaugural defeats. By winning at the Auguste-Delaune stadium, where their last success in the Championship dates back to 2013, Thomas Tuchel’s men have passed a solidity test seriously, but waste.

The presence at the kickoff of its four offensive stars (Neymar, Mbappé, Icardi, Di Maria), for the first time since July 24, nevertheless suggested a more cheerful evening in Champagne. Si Mauro Icardi, the Goleador of the band, scored a brace (9^e, 62^e), the PSG was also slow to take shelter

The Argentinian thus managed the break two minutes after Rémois Boulaye Dia touched the post (60^e), summarizing the state of this road roller some mechanisms of which are still lacking in oil.

Neymar Slalom

Realism has been the cute sin of PSG: between Neymar (43^e, 90^e), Kylian Mbappé (6^e, 82^e), Angel di Maria (15^e), Julian Draxler (12^e), or Pablo Sarabia (87^e), Paris multiplied the inaccuracies that kept Reims in the match.

At the end of a summer that questioned his contribution, Icardi scored his first goals since February 29. He took advantage of a nice opening from Mbappé to unlock his counter. And it is again the former Monegasque who offered him the 2-0 (62^e), before its release in the last quarter of an hour.

Mbappé also combined well with Neymar, the Brazilian rewarding the Reims public with a few dribbles of which he is the expert. “Ney” was not far from scoring the goal at the start of the season, at the end of a 40-meter slalom where he dropped three defenders before seeing his shot graze the post (43^e).

But the suspension of four games from Tuesday of Di Maria, for a spitting against OM, and that feared for Neymar prevent the fans from rejoicing too much: Paris must still wait to reach its cruising speed.